Health and Social Care

Our new and exciting Health and Social Care Diploma course have been specifically designed for those students who have an interest in or who work in the health and social care sector.

About Health and Social Care

Health and social care encompass a wide range of services and cuts across all sectors, including public, private and voluntary. It includes services within hospitals, clinics, care homes, medical and dental practices, emergency services, complementary medicine, and more.

About our Health & Social Care Course

Our Health and Social Care course is the ideal course for anyone who is looking to pursue a career within the health and social care sector. This includes jobs such as nursing, social workers and other types of health care workers.

This course has been written in line with the QCF requirements for the new Diploma in Health and Social Care. The course covers key aspects of the field in order to sufficiently prepare you to work in the health and social care sector, or to enhance your confidence and skills within your existing role.

What Can I Do After Taking This Health and Social Care Course?

Helping vulnerable people and those in need is one of the most rewarding activities. Those who work in health and social care experience incredible satisfaction and fulfilment.

Work in health and social care. After successfully completing our Health & Social Care training course, you could apply for a position within the health and social care sector. If you are already working in a relevant position, you could be eligible for a pay increase.

Study for a foundation degree. If you wish to attend university and obtain a degree, you may be able to study for a relevant foundation degree.

Course duration

4 – 6 months depending on students ability to complete set assignments

Mode of delivery

Classes as per scheduled timetable

1-2-1 tutor support and mentoring

Modules

Lesson 1: Promote communication in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings

The unit explores the central importance of communication in such settings, and ways to meet individual needs and preferences in communication. It also considers issues of confidentiality.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand why effective communication is important in the work setting

Be able to meet the communication and language needs, wishes and preferences of individuals

Be able to overcome barriers to communication

Be able to apply principles and practices relating to confidentiality

Lesson 2: Engage in personal development in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings

The unit introduces the concepts of personal development and reflective practice which are fundamental to such roles, and ways to implement these.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand what is required for competence in own work role

Be able to reflect on practice

Be able to evaluate own performance

Be able to agree a personaldevelopment plan

Lesson 3: Promote equality and inclusion in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings

The unit introduces the concepts of equality, diversity and inclusion which are fundamental to such roles.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand the importance of diversity, equality and inclusion

Be able to work in an inclusive way

Be able to promote diversity, equality and inclusion

Lesson 4: Principles for implementing duty of care in health, social care or children’s and young people’s settings

The unit introduces ways to address the dilemmas, conflicts or complaints that may arise where there is a duty of care

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand how duty of care contributes to safe practice

Know how to address conflicts or dilemmas that may arise between an individual’s rights and the duty of care

Know how to respond to complaints

Lesson 5: Principles of safeguarding and protection in health and social care

This unit introduces the important area of safeguarding individuals from abuse. It identifies different types of abuse and the signs and symptoms that might indicate abuse is occurring. It considers when individuals might be particularly vulnerable to abuse and what a learner must do if abuse is suspected or alleged.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Know how to recognise signs of abuse

Know how to respond to suspected or alleged abuse

Understand the national and local context of safeguarding and protection from abuse

Understand ways to reduce the likelihood of abuse

Know how to recognise and report unsafe practices

Lesson 6: The role of the health and social care worker

This unit provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to understand the nature of working relationships, work in ways that are agreed with the employer and work in partnership with others.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand working relationships in health and social care

Be able to work in ways that are agreed with the employer

Be able to work in partnership with others

Lesson 7: Promote person centred approaches in health and social care

This unit provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to implement and promote person centred approaches.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand the application of person centred approaches in health and social care

Be able to work in a person-centred way

Be able to establish consent when providing care or support

Be able to implement and promote active participation

Be able to support the individual’s right to make choices

Be able to promote individuals well-being

Understand the role of risk assessment in enabling a person centred approach

Lesson 8: Promote and implement health and safety in health and social care

This unit provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to promote and implement health and safety in their work setting.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand own responsibilities, and the responsibilities of others, relating to health and safety

Be able to carry out own responsibilities for health and safety

Understand procedures for responding to accidents and sudden illness

Be able to reduce the spread of infection

Be able to move and handle equipment and other objects safely

Be able to handle hazardous substances and materials

Be able to promote fire safety in the work setting

Be able to implement security measures in the work setting

Know how to manage stress

Lesson 9: Promote good practice in handling information in health and social care settings

This unit covers the knowledge and skills needed to implement and promote good practice in recording, sharing, storing and accessing information.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand requirements for handling information in health and social care settings

Be able to implement good practice in handling information

Be able to support others to handle information

Lesson 10: Provide support to maintain and develop skills for everyday life

The unit provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to work with individuals to retain, regain and develop skills for everyday life.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand the context of supporting skills for everyday life

Be able to support individuals to plan for maintaining and developing skills for everyday life

Be able to support individuals to retain, regain or develop skills for everyday life

Be able to evaluate support for developing or maintaining skills for everyday life

Lesson 11: Facilitate learning and development activities to meet individual needs and preferences

This unit provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to support individuals to plan, take part in and evaluate learning or development activities.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand the role of learning and development activities in meeting individual needs

Be able to identify learning and development activities to meet individual needs and preferences

Be able to plan learning and development activities with individuals

Be able to prepare for learning and development activities

Be able to facilitate learning and development activities with individuals

Be able to evaluate and review learning and development activities

Lesson 12: Support individuals to access and use services and facilities

This unit provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to support individuals to select, use and review services and facilities.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand factors that influence individuals’ access to services and facilities

Be able to support individuals to select services and facilities

Be able to support individuals to access and use services and facilities

Be able to support individuals’ to review their access to and use of services and facilities

This unit provides the learner with the knowledge and skills required to facilitate person-centred assessment, planning, implementation and review.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand the principles of person centred assessment and care planning

Be able to facilitate person centred assessment

Be able to contribute to the planning of care or support

Be able to support the implementation of care plans

Be able to monitor a care plans

Be able to facilitate a review of care plans and their implementation

Lesson 14: Support Individuals With Specific Communication Needs

This unit provides the learner with the knowledge and skills that address personal interaction and the use of special methods and aids to promote communication.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand specific communication needs and factors affecting them

Be able to contribute to establishing the nature of specific communication needs of individuals and ways to address them

Be able to interact with individuals using their preferred communication

Be able to promote communication between individuals and others

Know how to support the use of communication technology and aids

Be able to review an individual’s communication needs and the support provided to address them

Lesson 15: Support use of medication in social care settings

This unit assesses support for use of medication in social care settings. It covers broad types, classifications and forms of medication, as well as safe handling and storage. It addresses practical support for use of medication that reflects social care principles and values, and includes the need for accurate recording and reporting.

The learning outcomes for this unit are:

Understand the legislative framework for the use of medication in social care settings

Know about common types of medication and their use

Understand roles and responsibilities in the use of medication in social care settings

Understand techniques for administering medication

Be able to receive, store and dispose of medication supplies safely

Know how to promote the rights of the individual when managing medication

Be able to support use of medication

Be able to record and report on use of medication

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